There are no black and white morals here and human nature itself is laid bare at its best, but mostly its worst.

| Sep 11, 2024

As allegories go, it is a bit heavy-handed, but Um's totalising vision in terms of imagery, soundscape and performances can't be faulted.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 31, 2024

At its most political, Concrete Utopia finds the fascist project essentially anti-life and destined for a systemic collapse.

| Jul 4, 2024

Eom's supple film shows the best and worst of human nature, often displayed by the same people

| Original Score: 4 | Jun 2, 2024

Powered by Lee Byung-hun’s performance and truly outstanding production design, Concrete Utopia finds its own niche in the recent spate of social satire thrillers.

| May 29, 2024

Its way of surprising us shows that it's aimed more at entertainment than at exploration, and manages to be quite effective in its purpose. [Full review in Spanish]

| May 24, 2024

Far from being a project in love with its own worldbuilding, Concrete Utopia is far more focused on the social drama and practicality of being a survivor in a destroyed city that used to house ten million living people.

| May 3, 2024

If George Orwell had had a career stint as a Korean estate agent, this is the kind of story he might have turned out.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 5, 2024

Concrete Utopia stands out for its spectacular production design, which combines scenic realism with a wide array of VFX and camera movements. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 1, 2024

It’s not a particularly upbeat look at one possible grim near-future, but it is an entertaining one.

| Jan 22, 2024

A survival story with excellent visual effects - a flashback with Min-sung stands out, in which we see what the boy was doing just when the cataclysm began -, solid performances, and a lot to say about human cruelty. Full review in Spanish.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 20, 2024

A very intelligent dramaturgy solidifies the mortar, finished off by the irony that transforms the pieces of a chess game... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 19, 2024

Concrete Utopia fulfills its disturbing purpose: to wonder what could happen to the human race when the worst instincts emerge amid the urgency to rebuild society from its foundation. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 18, 2024

... More of a social drama than a catastrophe film, like those seen in the '70s. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 18, 2024

With a powerful narrative and a portentous design, Concrete Utopia transports us to an apocalyptic dystopia as desolate as it is recognizable... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 17, 2024

Without a focal idea to build toward, Concrete Utopia is more of a cinematic experiment than a film. The filmmakers certainly weigh many heavy topics with skillful immediacy.

| Original Score: 7.5/5 | Jan 5, 2024

With brilliant performances and a balanced, harrowing story to propel it, Concrete Utopia isn’t just one of the best films of the year: it may be the best disaster thriller in years.

| Dec 20, 2023

Um turns what could have been one more post-apocalyptic thriller into an intriguing challenge of a movie. Concrete Utopia holds us in its grip.

| Dec 16, 2023

Concrete Utopia remains emotionally convincing despite being ideologically hollow. Director Um is nothing if not fiercely committed to his dystopian gimmick, for better or worse, and his actors follow suit.

| Dec 15, 2023

A natural disaster of such magnitude might never happen, but a societal one as depicted here increasingly seems too close for any comfort.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 14, 2023